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I just joined the group. My daughter, age 5, has had epilepsy since the age of 6 months. We've been through a few drugs and gone as long as a year or more without a seizure, but when they come, they come in huge clusters. We've been trying for a while to get placed with a service dog, but the waits are astronomical. We have decided to try to buy our own dog and have it trained and we have a few good leads on this. I was wondering if any of you have ever dealt with services dogs and if you have any advice on getting one.
 
Here's a link to a discussion about seizure alert dogs. It's kind of a depressing thread because one of our members had a bad experience. Take her experience as a quick heads up to be careful, but look at the post I wrote with resources on training your own dog. Since your daughter's seizures are so few and far inbetween the dog may have to be professionally trained to recognize seizures. The dog probably won't be able to train itself. Also, your daughter is so young that a dog that isn't perfectly trained might be a problem. That said, if you want to start training your own dog, at least on the basic manners and behaviors, look in this thread. You would save months off the dogs training time, and might be able to do a deal to just get the alert or assist behavior done at the facility. But I'd ask them before you start in. (btw... the basic manners and behaviors that are expected of service animals are way beyond the average dog.)

http://www.coping-with-epilepsy.com/forums/f34/completely-screwed-up-14841/
 
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